Looking to bounce back from Friday’s split-squad sweep, the Los Angeles Dodgers remain on the road and take on the rival Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields.
Brock Stewart leads the way and makes his second outing of Cactus League play. In his 2019 debut against the Chicago Cubs on Monday, he tossed a scoreless inning despite yielding four baserunners and recording no strikeouts.
Dustin May, Josh Smoker, Joe Broussard, Josh Sborz, Jaime Schultz and Yimi Garcia are also expected to pitch Saturday.
The Diamondbacks counter with Matt Andriese, who logged two innings of work in Monday’s outing against the Oakland Athletics. Pitching out of the bullpen, he allowed one run on four hits while tallying a strikeout for his efforts.
The 29-year-old, acquired by Arizona at the 2018 non-waiver trade deadline, struggled to the tune of an 0-3 record, 9.00 ERA, 7.74 FIP and 1.90 WHIP with 19 strikeouts against seven walks over 19 innings of work last season (14 games; one start).
Justin Turner makes his way back to the lineup, batting second and playing third base. Having accumulated only six at-bats thus far, the 34-year-old is hitting a superb .833 with one home run and three RBI.
After a 1-for-3 showing against the Cleveland Indians, Kiké Hernandez returns to the lineup for a second consecutive day. He, too, has thrived this spring, batting .455 with three RBI and a 1.136 on-base plus slugging percentage.
Dodgers lineup:
LF: Joc Pederson
3B: Justin Turner
RF: Cody Bellinger
SS: Kiké Hernandez
2B: Chris Taylor
CF: Alex Verdugo
1B: Cameron Perkins
DH: Josh Thole
C: Rocky Gale
Diamondbacks lineup:
CF: Tim Locastro
SS: Domingo Leyba
2B: Eduardo Escobar
DH: David Peralta
RF: Steven Souza Jr.
1B: Christian Walker
LF: Abraham Almonte
3B: Kelby Tomlinson
C: Caleb Joseph
